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Earlier this month, Microsoft published Windows 11 25H2 ISOs on the Release Preview channel for Windows Insiders. As such, we knew that it was only a matter of time before Windows 11 version 25H2 would hit general availability status.
 
The company it seems is working on just that and ISO images for the same have since been uploaded to its delivery servers. A Reddit user -TekkieBoy- spotted these and extracted the download links for Windows 11 25H2 for x64 and Arm64.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Weapons' tops the chart, followed by 'The Naked Gun'. 'Superman' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford issues a barrage of posts on X over the game's performance criticisms, as Steam reviews hit "Mixed."

Borderlands 4 is here, and it's pretty great! That is, unless you're looking for great performance.

Keep Windows 10 secure with updates after 2025 by enrolling in the Extended Security Updates program.

This week's news recap is here, with a lot of Windows 11 preview builds with some interesting features, Patch Tuesday updates with fixed bugs, reviews, gaming news, and more.

A couple of days ago, Flyoobe, a popular tool for skipping Windows 11's hardware requirements, vanished from GitHub for no apparent reason, forcing users to download the app from other sources or use other projects to make Windows 11 images that work on unsupported devices.

Meta faces a bizarre lawsuit from a lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg after banning his Facebook page and still charging him for ads.

Microsoft has released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 24H2, 23H2, and 22H2. The 24H2 update is provided via KB5065426, while the 23H2 and 22H2 updates are delivered via KB5065431. You will be on builds 26100.4946 on 24H2, 22631.5768 on 23H2, and 22621.5768 on 22H2, respectively, after applying the updates.

It's the second Tuesday of the month, which means it's Patch Tuesday time again. As such, today, Microsoft is rolling out the monthly security update (also called "B release") for September 2025 on Windows Server 20H2 and Windows 10 for the latest supported versions, 20H2, 21H2, and 22H2.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'The Naked Gun' tops the chart, followed by 'Nobody 2'. 'F1: The Movie' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

This week's news recap is here with delayed Windows 11 25H2 images for Release Preview insiders, more information about SSD issues, big updates for PowerToys and popular file managers, a bunch of reviews, and more.

Flyoobe is a particularly popular third-party tool that allows you to customize your Windows 11 installation by removing bloat through the out-of-the-box experience (OOBE). The tool originally started off as a way to bypass Windows 11 system requirements on unsupported PCs through the "Flyby11" moniker but was later rebranded with a pivot in purpose, described above.

Flyoobe lets you install Windows 11 in old Windows 10 PCs, minus Microsoft's bureaucracies and fluff.

Windows 10's "End of Life" cutoff might be a calculated move to bolster Microsoft's Copilot+ PC sales and Windows 11 upgrades.

Tensions seem to be at an all-time high for Windows 10 users, especially for those who can't upgrade to Windows 11 pending its predecessor's end-of-life status, which is slated to take place in just a little over a month from now, on October 14, 2025.

Windows 11 version 25H2 is now available in the Release Preview Channel, which is the last stop before general availability.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Superman' tops the chart, followed by 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning'. 'F1: The Movie' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

This week's news recap is here with new details about broken SSDs, Windows 11 version 25H2 arriving for more testers, new preview builds with fresh features, new keyboard shortcuts for Windows 11, some game reviews, and more.

Flyby11 used to be a very popular app that allowed users to bypass Windows 11 requirements and install the OS on unsupported PCs. It was recently renamed to Flyoobe, with a new purpose: offering a new out-of-the-box experience (OOBE) that enables you to "debloat" your Windows 11 installation. In the past month or so, Flyoobe has received a steady stream of updates, and now, the developer has rolled out version 1.6 with a bunch of new stuff.

The 25H2 update will be a quiet one, after 24H2's under-the-hood overhauls.

Microsoft's fifth major iteration of Windows 11 is nearing its release to the general public—the Windows Insider team announced today that Windows 11 25H2 was being put into its Release Preview Channel, the final stop for most updates before they become available to everyone. That's around two months after the first Windows builds with the 25H2 label were released to the other preview channels.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Superman' tops the chart, followed by 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning'. 'F1: The Movie' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

With Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers leaving Manifest V2-based extensions behind, uBlock Origin, one of the most popular content blockers, is going away. Google is already not allowing you to install the extension with convenient methods (check out this article to learn how to fix that), and now, Microsoft Edge is ditching uBlock Origin as well.

A couple of days ago, Windows 11 out-of-the-box experience (OOBE) customization tool, Flyoobe, received version 1.3, adding default browser configurations, DPI handling, a redesigned header pane, and more. Now, within a relatively short span of time, Flyoobe has netted version 1.4, introducing even more new features.

This week's news recap is here. New Windows 11 preview build, interesting Windows 12 concepts, a lot of new known bugs, and more.

Flyoobe is a very popular third-party Windows 11 customization tool that began life as Flyby11, with the main selling point being that it allowed PCs unsupported by Windows 11 to bypass system requirements of the OS, enabling them to upgrade.

Firefox 142 recently shipped with features like link previews with a long click, tab group improvements, and some extension improvements. Now, the Firefox team has announced a new experimental feature for Windows users on version 142: Progressive Web Apps. This is a feature that Chrome on Desktop has had since Chrome 70, way back in 2018.